Hurricane Leslie (2024)

Hurricane Leslie reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between October 1, 2024 and October 12, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Leslie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: North Atlantic
Dates: October 1, 2024 to October 12, 2024
Peak strength: Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure: 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 865 km (537 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 16.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size: 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 110 kt (127 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier: AL132024

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

0 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States

The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Oct 1, 00:00	10.2N 24.4W	25 kt	1008 mb	Low
Oct 1, 06:00	10.3N 24.8W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low
Oct 1, 12:00	10.5N 25.4W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low
Oct 1, 18:00	10.6N 26.0W	30 kt	1007 mb	Low
Oct 2, 00:00	10.7N 26.7W	30 kt	1007 mb	Low
Oct 2, 06:00	10.7N 27.6W	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 2, 12:00	10.6N 28.5W	30 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 2, 18:00	10.5N 29.3W	30 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 3, 00:00	10.4N 29.8W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 3, 06:00	10.3N 30.2W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 3, 12:00	10.1N 30.7W	45 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 3, 18:00	9.9N 31.3W	45 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 4, 00:00	9.8N 31.7W	50 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 4, 06:00	9.8N 32.2W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 4, 12:00	9.9N 32.7W	55 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 4, 18:00	10.1N 33.3W	60 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 5, 00:00	10.3N 33.9W	65 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Oct 5, 06:00	10.5N 34.5W	70 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Oct 5, 12:00	10.9N 35.1W	70 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Oct 5, 18:00	11.3N 35.7W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Oct 6, 00:00	11.8N 36.4W	75 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Oct 6, 06:00	12.4N 36.9W	80 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Oct 6, 12:00	13.0N 37.6W	80 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Oct 6, 18:00	13.7N 38.2W	80 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 00:00	14.5N 39.1W	80 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 06:00	15.2N 40.0W	75 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 12:00	16.0N 40.9W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 18:00	16.8N 41.9W	65 kt	989 mb	Hurricane
Oct 8, 00:00	17.6N 43.0W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 8, 06:00	18.3N 44.0W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 8, 12:00	19.0N 45.1W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 8, 18:00	19.7N 46.1W	65 kt	989 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 00:00	20.3N 46.8W	70 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 06:00	20.9N 47.5W	75 kt	984 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 12:00	21.4N 48.2W	80 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 18:00	21.9N 48.6W	85 kt	974 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 00:00	22.3N 49.0W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 06:00	22.6N 49.7W	85 kt	974 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 12:00	22.9N 50.2W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 18:00	23.5N 50.8W	65 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Oct 11, 00:00	24.1N 51.1W	55 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 11, 06:00	24.9N 51.1W	50 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 11, 12:00	25.8N 50.8W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 11, 18:00	27.0N 50.0W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 12, 00:00	28.4N 48.8W	45 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 12, 06:00	30.4N 47.1W	45 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm

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What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.